College/University OFFICIAL WEIGHT LOSS HELP THREAD
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theres no high school weight loss thread.. so imma join as well if u guys dont mind
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Yes please! Feel free to add me as a friend everyone! I am a junior Music Education (choral emphasis) at the UMKC Conservatory of Music. 0
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IN!!! Im a freshman and enroled in the Western College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, and I definately do not want to gain the 30 lbs that I did from my first degree!! But finding the time to be healthy will be difficult!!0
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I bring you guys all another question. We all know we all have different majors and that not everyone's schedule will be the same but do you ever plan a strategy on how to set up your classes so that you can get a workout in during the day?0
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Finished three years at U of Toronto! Taking a year off to get some work in tho!
I'll admit I gained a bit of weight drinking and stuffing my face in the dorm caf, but I've since handled it and here I think are the keys:
1) INTRAMURALS!!! Cannot stress this enough! Make time to join a few teams and you won't have to worry about making gym time! Also, having team mates that depend on you to be in shape is a great motivator!
2) NOT LIVING IN A DORM! As much fun as I had in residence, I did a lot better nutrition wise cooking for myself! Fast food doesn't cut it when you're a poor student, so you MUST buy your own food, or only eat twice a week :P
3) DANCE! If you wanna drink, don't go to a bar! Go dance! Find a club playing music that you enjoy and isn't too snubby and get your groove on! Guarenteed that drinking 3 beers with 150 cals each over an hour will get burned off plus more!
As to omar's last question, I'm an engineer. I don't get a chance to set up my classes, so most of my workouts are late. Like, show up at 9:30 and get kicked out at 11:00 late :P0 -
I could definitely use some extra support. I started college back in 2007, but I'm finally down to my last year. So many temptations linger on, espcially living on campus. Thanks for starting this thread!
Tara
Louisiana State University0 -
I actually have done that. I'm scheduled for 19 hours this semester! But 3 of my classes are online, and so I have about 2 classes on only 3 or 4 days out of the week, maybe just 1 on one day. And my Thursdays are free. All my classes are in the afternoon, so the morning time I have hours to be able to get in a work out. I hate working out late in the evening. Plus, the gym is usually empty earlier in the day.0
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Count me in! I've been looking for some fellow college students on here. Everyone on this thread, feel free to add me!
I set up my schedule so that my first class every day is at 10 am. I'm planning on getting up at 8 and exercising before class. Also, I don't have any evening classes, so I'm going to try and get an after-dinner workout in when I can. I have a couple tv shows that I'm planning on watching while I speed walk on the treadmill, and then run on commercials. 0 -
I'm in! I need to lose the weight I have gained from sitting around studying all the time!
Michigan State University
Bachelors of Science - Human Biology
Masters in Public Health - 1st year0 -
My rec center isn't that far from too many of the buildings I have to go too (except for the two that are about a mile walk away!!!) The rec center is also about half a mile away from my living situation next year. (new year, different dorm). Most of my classes are at ten or later, so its up at eight for me! So I plan to walk there, workout in the morning, shower AT the rec center, and just head to my classes from there. It'll take a bit of coordination, but it's doable. As for the meal plan at the school... I HATE salad. With a FLAMING passion. But everything else is covered in grease and oil. I have no clue what to do there. :'O0
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Valerie
transferring as a junior to University of Portland for nursing
I have had a real summer (June-Aug) and I start fall classes Aug 29
This is my second degree (first was journalism/communications, Chico State '93).
I have been in community college 3/4 to full time for the last two years doing prerequisites. I have a husband and two sons and I am just busy as hell. Finals are impossible, soccer season is hard (all 3 guys play, practice 3-4 nights a week and games all day Sat.). It is hard enough to carve out time for all the studying I need to do, much less exercise. Gained a load of weight during spring finals and have spent all summer trying to get back to normal (which I already hated). Obviously I live with my family, not on campus, but I spend a lot of time there and am not always great about planning ahead to take food with me. I try, but if I am running late I always think "I can grab food at school." For me part of the problem is being cheap. My cc campus had pretty good healthy options, but they were more expensive than the crap and I already felt guilty about spending money on prepared food just because I was too lazy/overwhelmed to make my own. I am going to make sure I do better planning and prepping food this year--also, I live just a few blocks from campus now, so it will be easy enough to jog or bike home and make something healthy.
Re: exercise, I have never had the luxury of planning classes around my schedule--just my kids'. I have to be in school when they are so I can be home when they are. This year I have no control over my schedule--it's all planned by the SON. I have a few breaks between classes, during which I hope to use the campus gym, but in reality I will probably be studying instead. I will run 2 mornings a week, go to zumba on my Thursday morning off, and try to lift weights at home before I go to school 2 days a week, plus every round-trip walk is a mile at least. Wish you all luck being healthy at school!0 -
My rec center isn't that far from too many of the buildings I have to go too (except for the two that are about a mile walk away!!!) The rec center is also about half a mile away from my living situation next year. (new year, different dorm). Most of my classes are at ten or later, so its up at eight for me! So I plan to walk there, workout in the morning, shower AT the rec center, and just head to my classes from there. It'll take a bit of coordination, but it's doable. As for the meal plan at the school... I HATE salad. With a FLAMING passion. But everything else is covered in grease and oil. I have no clue what to do there. :'O
I love salad, but I concur on the greasy foods. Half of the eating locations on our campus consist of pizza, tacos, and fried foods. They did recently open a Panda Express and a Salsarita's, and I love both! I had a meal plan before, but thankfully, upper classmen have the option to just get a commuter plan for half the price of a regular meal plan. I'm just going to use our PAW points to eat at the better options in the union. Plus, the nutritional information is actually available online for the Union stores. I have no idea what's going into the food in the dining hall.0 -
Commuter plan? What does that entail? And I'm guessing you go to the same university? Because I never heard of theat plan til now. XD0
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Its good to see this thread!
I'm going into my final year at UW-River Falls
Geology Major
The hard part is finding energy and time...Class ~20 hours a week not including the 20+ hrs studying
and then I have a job that I work about 10 hrs a week
and I play softball (yet have still managed to put on over 15 lbs) which takes up 15 hrs a week in the off season and more than 25 in season.
And then there are the lovely bars that my friends and I enjoy hitting up once a month (sadly not being able to go out a lot results in not very much self control)
And living on campus there was no room in the dinky dorm fridges for meals, only snacks
Also the food was a lot of carbs and little protien in our cafeteria.
The only good thing was walking everywhere.
This year I'll be living off campus so should be able to make my own meals...0 -
In in in! About to start my last year at UT, so bitter sweet. Working to get back to my pre-college weight right now!0
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I bring you guys all another question. We all know we all have different majors and that not everyone's schedule will be the same but do you ever plan a strategy on how to set up your classes so that you can get a workout in during the day?
My university's gym has a ton of exercise classes and I usually go to yoga everyday which gets me to the gym, so I try to plan my other workouts around those classes. I am anxiously waiting for the fitness schedule to come out so I can start planning my exercise time into my hectic school, work, student government and sorority schedule.0 -
It may be, I go to LSU. The communter plan is $720, and there are 2 kinds. The first includes 25 meals and $100 in Paw Points. The one I got is the same amount, and is basically just $720 in Paw Points. I love coffee in the morning, and smoothies at the rec, so that's why I picked it. It's made for students living off campus, but upper classmen living on/off campus can use it as well.0
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It may be, I go to LSU. The communter plan is $720, and there are 2 kinds. The first includes 25 meals and $100 in Paw Points. The one I got is the same amount, and is basically just $720 in Paw Points. I love coffee in the morning, and smoothies at the rec, so that's why I picked it. It's made for students living off campus, but upper classmen living on/off campus can use it as well.
Ah! I'm gsu. we have PAWS points, haha! Has anyone else thought of maybe petitioning their dining halls? I've considered, but most people seem content with their food (and those poepl have fast metabolisms or play sports or both...)0 -
I bring you guys all another question. We all know we all have different majors and that not everyone's schedule will be the same but do you ever plan a strategy on how to set up your classes so that you can get a workout in during the day?
Not only can I not schedule my classes but each week has its own schedule, and frankly every day has a different set of classes... I know however that my classes start at 8:30 every morning and end by 4:30 or 5, then budgeting for volunteer hours, specialty clubs and hours in the hospital will be pretty nuts. I think if I ever make it to the gym it wil need to be carefully budgeted into my time.0 -
I don't think anyways thought to petition yet. But since I live in an on-campus apartment, I do buy groceries. I mean it's nice having the dining halls, but it would be great if we had nutritional information for the foods they serve. For as much as we're paying to go to school, I don't really think that's too much to ask.0
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Count me in! I've been looking for some fellow college students on here. Everyone on this thread, feel free to add me!
I set up my schedule so that my first class every day is at 10 am. I'm planning on getting up at 8 and exercising before class. Also, I don't have any evening classes, so I'm going to try and get an after-dinner workout in when I can. I have a couple tv shows that I'm planning on watching while I speed walk on the treadmill, and then run on commercials.
I've noticed I do a better workout on the elliptical trainer when I'm watching an interesting tv show. Otherwise, I get tired too early lol.I bring you guys all another question. We all know we all have different majors and that not everyone's schedule will be the same but do you ever plan a strategy on how to set up your classes so that you can get a workout in during the day?
Fortunately all my classes are between 7am-1pm, so I can workout at afternoon, except for wednesdays, when I have classes all day long, so I'll call it my rest day. The problem is when I have to work with a classmate, and I spend all the afternoon at the school's studio.
I forgot to mention I'm an architecture student, of a college you haven't heard about cause I'm from Colombia 0 -
This thread is great! The freshmen 15 is what originally brought me to MFP in the first place! I'm going into my sophomore year at Boston University major: Health Sciences. Definitely need to put more effort in walking to class rather than taking the bus, and actually using the great gym we have on campus. Oh yeah and I need to steer clear of the French fries in the dining hall!!0
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Also, feel free to add me as a friend!0
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In in in! About to start my last year at UT, so bitter sweet. Working to get back to my pre-college weight right now!
Toledo? I'm at Bowling Green!
I scheduled my classes but since I'm so far in my degree my schedule is pretty nice. My one friend and I have already devised a workout plan! 0 -
You know maybe some people on MFP on this thread go to the same college. Perhaps if that's the case you can pair up and work out together! That's what I am doing!0
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Yeeeeeeees! I'm starting my first year of university, and I want to avoid the freshman 15!!! this is exactly what i need! motivation in case i feel like giving up! 0
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I'll be a sophmore at Seton Hall University. I gained the freshman 15 plus an extra 5 pds since school started. I'm not letting that happen again this year0
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This thread is great! The freshmen 15 is what originally brought me to MFP in the first place! I'm going into my sophomore year at Boston University major: Health Sciences. Definitely need to put more effort in walking to class rather than taking the bus, and actually using the great gym we have on campus. Oh yeah and I need to steer clear of the French fries in the dining hall!!
What area of health science are you planning to go into? My associates is in allied health and my bachelors is exercise science. Both are leading up to my eventual doctorate in physical therapy, but I have a lot of people in my classes who are focused on other areas of medicine and health science too. We may end up having a lot of common class themes.0 -
Fantastic! I'll be a junior at Carnegie Mellon and I've gained the freshmen 10 over 2 years
losing weight is bas enough as it is, but now I have 10 more pounds to shed. Looking forward to starting next semester with a healthier outook. Finals week is the true test though! 0 -
Wow this is a really great thread!! WELLL, this is my senior year at Mississippi College, yep that's right MISSISSIPPI. lol, I gained a lot of weight after my freshman year so I want to rid myself of it by the time I graduate next August! I just found out the school has a practice track that's open til like 12 at night so whenever my day is done I plan on hitting it up. Eating is pretty easy since I will be staying in the campus apartments and get to cook for myself. I'm excited, I will be one less obese person in Mississippi, that's a great start in ridding them as the fattest state :-) I'm a kinesiology (pre-physical therapy) major with a minor in health and psychology.0
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